Lock-strike



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LOCK STRIKE.

190.269,799. Patented 1390.291882.

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tTED STATES PATENT FFICE.

y ROBERT LEE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

LOCK-STRIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,799, dated December 26, 1882. Application filed February 1, l1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT LEE, olCincinnati, Hamilton count-y, Ohio, have invented a new and useful lmprovenientin Lock-Strikes, ot' which the following is a speoiication.

My invention relates to an improvement in those lock-strikes in which a yielding and resilient lip or nosing receives the impact ot' the lock-bolt, and serves to hold the latter fast until retracted by the knob in theordinary action or' opening the door.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a horizontal section, showing the bolt in the act ot' striking. Fig. 2 is a similarseotion, showing the same engaged behind the strikerlip. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the striker, seen from the rear and with the lip retracted.

A may represent an ordinary snub-bolt ot' a latchflock. B is my striker-plate, having bolt-oriiice b, recessed at b into the return or i'ace-tlange l5 at the outeredge to permit the latch to pass. O is a yielding lip thereof', wholly Within the plate, having two arms, c c', hinged at d to eyes D on the rear ofthe strilier plate. A helical spring, E, Whose extremities bear upon the striker-plate and lip, respectively, gives the lip a tendency to close toits eect ive ornormal position on the complete entrance of the latch-bolt, as shown in Fig. 2. Shoulders c" on the yielding' lip C, abutting play of the yielding lip, of firmly bracing to-A gether the upper and lower portions ot said plate, and also ot' affording an abutment, b", for said lip, which receives any outward stress of the lock-bolt against it, thus Wholly relieving the lip-hinge from strain.

I claim- The combination oi' striker-plate B, formed with lreturn ort'ace-ange b. opening b b, presenting abutment b, on the side ot' the face- `flange, and the yielding lip C, hinged Within the striker-plate,` having shoulders c o, and adapted to recede inside of the abutment, as set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

ROBERT LEE. Attest:

GEo. H. KNIGHT. SAML. S. CARPENTER. 

